{Yarn Along} February 20, 2014

Ok maybe things are a little crazy here...4 books going and 4 projects pictured!! Joining Ginny!

Reading: Keeping Chickens by Ashley English, Free-Range Knitting & At Knit's End by Stephanie McPhee, and Song of the Lark by Willa Cather!

Knitting: I finished Fern's Big Lace Scarf, my Hats for All, a heart patch, and now I have started this super cute Little Project Bag!

Whew!

Trying to post my yarn along on Wednesdays is just not going to happen. Yesterday I came to peace with that after our full day (LLL meeting, homeschool co-op, nephew to sing Happy Birthday to, scouts...). The nice thing that comes out of that crazy day is that Thursdays have turned out pretty mellow, staying home, plenty of knitting time, and even time to post my yarn along!

Everything in there time and season, it just works better that way!

{this moment}

A moment I want to pause and savor from this week!

{this moment}

I think Sunday is a good day for me to post a {this moment}. So let's try this out since this is the end of my week looking forward to all the new craziness to come!

Happy Sabbath!

Yarn Along

Joining Ginny for the yarn along today!

So....we hit the end of January and now it's February, and in true mid-winter fashion I put things on hold and started some new. I've not abandoned the shawl or The Monkey's Voyage just paused (but I am still contemplating frogging the shawl and maybe using the yarn for this cowl). 

I started this blue scarf for Fern last week, I've ripped rows out a couple times and it is a project you have to be aware of what your doing and count a bit so it is slow going. And because of that I started another hat, for me this time so that I had something to knit while watching the big game (and Mansfield Park the other night...). I am reading Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (one of my favorite authors of all time), it is part of her "pioneer trilogy". I have read the other two many times as they are my favorites but I've never read this one. I am reading it for a book club. I also picked up Keeping Chickens by Ashley English at our local bookshop yesterday and dove right in first reading the chapter on taking care of chicks and then started the coop chapter before i fell asleep with my nose in it! My chicks are ordered, 6 buff orpingtons and 6 black australorps! So exciting!!!

Easy Peasy Useful Crafting!

For Chirstmas my family surprised me with a Kindle Paperwhite! So exciting!! 

In January we decided to go on a little road trip and so of course I wanted to take my kindle with the book I was reading. But the night before as I was packing my "front seat" basket I realized I did not want to just throw it in! I had not settled on or justified the cost of a cover so...I ran into my sewing room with an idea!

Luckly I had felted this sweater and thrown it into my fabric bins for a future project (I pick up all wool seaters from Goodwill when I come across them).

At first I was going to cut a square out of the bottom body part but then I realized there was a golden idea here!! The sleeve! Less sewing (remember it was the night before and I do have everything else to pack)!!

So I cut it off and sewed up one open end. Easy peasy!

Then I grabbed a small hair rubber band from my drawer and sewed that securely on (still on the wrong side).

I turned it right-side out and sewed on a button (measure how far down according to your tablet).

Slip it in!

And off you go!!! 

The wrist band was a little tight at first but a little stretching and use has made it better. But it is still tight enough to be secure which I like, no slipping out!!